Talk:Egbert B. Gebstadter

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I have downgraded the explanation of the fourth book to mere unsupported allegation. This entry is supposed to be "legitimate" in that it is about what Hofstadter makes up, not about what we make up: the existing text was not in any sense verifiable. --John Cowan 03:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Plenty of Citations
I think it is absurd to delete this article, Egbert B. Gebstadter is referenced in at least 4 published works. Perhaps someone could add proper citations for these. -- 13:05, 9 October 2008 87.194.183.69

Useful Article
This stuff was quite useful to me recently. I hope you wiki elves merge it to Hofstadter's article instead of deleting it. Some good stuff here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.58.153 (talk) 00:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Ambifoni?
According to the site I linked to, there is another Gebstadter book, Ambifoni: un minimondo ottimo per lo studio della scopertività, published by Hopeless Mobster, Tokyo, in 1987. I assume this book is referenced by Hofstadter in Ambigrammi: un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creatività, published by Hopeful Monster, Florence in the same year, but I'd like someone who's read the book (which is in Italian) to confirm. Daibhid C 15:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Added. --John Cowan (talk) 03:55, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Sono italiano e confermo.Ambigrammi è un libro simpaticissimo ed è interamente costituito da un vivace dialogo fra Gebstadter e Hofstadter. Il relativo libro di Gebstadter è Ambifoni. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.30.221.80 (talk) 14:17, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Subtitle of The Brain's U
Would it be appropriate to replace the "[subtitle not known]" with "Phantoms and Mirror-Images of Selfless Souls", which is clearly readable on the book cover portrayed on the right of the page? Or is there some other reason for having "[subtitle not known]" in there?

Book covers
Are these book cover images just fictional interpretations of what the fictional books might look like? If so, it is funny but they don't belong on an encyclopedia. Remy B (talk) 09:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * They are fictional representations, but they were seen and approved by Doug Hofstadter prior to publishing, therefore they have at least some degree of canonicity. Romanpoet (talk) 21:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * — Keφr 08:19, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Removed orphan tag
Now have three incoming links, removed tag. KConWiki (talk) 04:45, 3 June 2009 (UTC)